We could destroy Kargh Island .. destroy their refineries etc ... we havnt really began to touch their oil infrastructure, but I thin part of th eproblem is ..even if an Iranian leader wanted to make a deal... he knows he will be killed by the lunatic standing next to him.... with all his family to follow
Here is the problem, what would destroying this do to the price of oil? Controlling the Island, sure, assuming you can maintain control.
Unless there is a means to overthrow and replace their government, which would be the best outcome, the next best option moving forward is a peace deal.
I am willing to wager there are many within the CIA and Mossad who believe that peace is the best outcome at this juncture (perhaps a few who subscribe to the contrary as well).
If the CIA had been entrenched and able to arm a viable opposition force within Iran, there may have been a different outcome. With the Iranian government with the funding by China, they were ruthless in murdering all of their citizens to deny any ability to overthrow these evil tyrants. This is the communist doctrine and why people risk their lives to leave. Iranians are oppressed and unhappy and it should bother all of us that they are so oppressed.
If U.S cuts off all trade to Iran, especially from China; Iran can be squeezed out and even their own military may consider the hopelessness of it all. Thismcurrent incarnation appears to be radicals, they have been bombed to hell and back, they are true believers. They cannot be bombed to defeat, there needed to be an alternative. A well armed, well organised alternative.
Trump had called out the Kurds for apparently betraying the U.S and he said the U.S won't forget this. That hinted at a failed plan but I only ascertain such an opinion via conjecture.
The one benefit of this war is that Iran's military capabilities have been weakened.this so this is important. Unless they entered this war with a manner in which to overthrow from within (a scenario I thought the CIA would have been heavily involved in and in place well before this war) this war was just not the best course of action.
Find peace and pursue a policy to weaken China. China is the head of the snake. The CCP have been at war with America for 30 years but somehow too many in America do not realize this it seems.
Give the CCP credit. They are very formidable in a nation of impressive people. That said, also accept the shame of not recognising the situation for what it is and allowing China these successes, from Iran to S Korea.